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supporthello thank you to develop plugin for accessibility But i’m lost, i don’t know where to past “wpTextResizeControls(0)” in my template. Could you tell me in which files please. I used Artisteer to built the templates Thank you Phil http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptextresizecontrols/
You need to put the wpTextResizeControls(0) or wpTextResizeControls(1) inside php brackets for it to show the controls. <?php wpTextResizeControls(0)?> However, I wanted mine in the header of the child theme I am developing and even though the controls were visible they did not work when clicked. I didn’t try it in any other locations.
not working for me too
I could not fix this plugin so what I did was hard-code the following into my header: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/fluidtextresizer.htm I used different images and tweaked it a bit to use only what I needed but it does work in WP 3.4.1. The only thing I don’t like is that on my theme the sidebar has smaller text then the content so the sidebar increases in size first then when it catches up the content then everything increases together. But it does work for me.
trishahdee, that seems a great job. Could you transform it in a wordpress plugin ? It would be great
I will try it soon
bitweb, my thoughts exactly! I’m new to creating plugins and I’d have to devote more time to learning plugin development better, but it looks like it should be pretty straightforward. But before I invest the time, would you and SITEWEB44 both try to install the DynamicDrive script on your sites and see if it also functions well for you? Whenever you add additional javascript to WP there can be conflicts so I’d like to do some due diligence before I spend the time.
ok, let’s do teamwork 😛
okey dokey. Either of you have PHP or WP development skills?
ok for me
I have some theme development skills, but I’m not an expert. What I said is that I can test everything for you. I already installed the script, but the only thing that gets bigger is your copyright ^^ here is a screen : http://www.bit-web.it/temp/ilmioquotidianoscreen.jpg
The copyright is showing because you missed some code. That wouldn’t show if you get all of it. Here is my test site I tried it on: http://trishah.com/wp-test_02/
you are right, just noticed a path was wrong. Now the only thing that changes slightly are the images in the header. The strange thing is, I already seen this behavior in all others plugins I used. I cant figure out why does like this.
adding a “targets: [“div#content”]” made it work! 🙂
Whoo hoo! Can you send me your tweaked code so I can see how you did this? trishah [at] trishah dot com
no tweak, only used the customization you suggested in your site, in the section targets: ["body"], //target elements to resize text within: ["selector1", "selector2", etc]
Gotcha. Well, then I guess the rest is up to me to figure out turning it into a plugin… I don’t think I can start on this today but hopefully soon.
hi trishahdee, are you still working on the project ? If you need to test something just let me know, salut
Hi bitweb, As a matter of fact, I did some work on it yesterday. In truth, I have a coder friend who is excellent in plugin development and we have decided to team up to create plugins 😀 We are finishing up one that will allow US citizens to find their Congressman contact information. When we are done with that, which should be shortly, we’ll do the the font resizer plugin. So it should be done soon… I’ll let you know when we need to beta test.
Hi I try to use the script : http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/fluidtextresizer.htm but it’s not working on my site, so i wait for the plugin Phil
SITEWEB44, When you say it isn’t working, can you explain exactly what you mean? Are you getting the buttons to show up but they are not changing the text size? Are the buttons not showing up? If the buttons do show up, are they in the header, on a sidebar? I did find that the buttons only change size below where they are located. On my test page http://trishah.com/wp-test_02/ I have the buttons below the text title/domain name (the text in the black bar at top) and that text does not change. If I put the buttons in the black bar then that text size does chance. So maybe try moving the buttons up on the page higher? Any information you can give us about the fail will help when we do the plugin.
Hi Trishahdee i don’t say it’s not working but i cound’t make it to work… i put the 1st code in the header and the second in sidebar “tpo of page” Phil PS sorry for my english, but i’m french
Not a problem Phil. I’m just trying to make sure I understand any problems so we can address them. If the buttons showed up but didn’t work then it may be that it was not picking up the div where the content actually resides. We’ll check to make sure that is not a problem with the plugin.
Hi all This morning i found a widget for text size http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoom-widget/ It’s works, and very simple to install Phil
personally I need a plugin wich have template shortcodes, because my developed theme doesn’t have widget support ( and also for me is better to use shortcodes than widgets). So, trishahdee, keep going 😛 By the way, how is the project going ? Any steps forward ?
My coder did look at the different js scripts and I’ll show him the zoom-widget also. He just did the initial research so far. We are working to get our CongressLookup plugin finished, we just have to make sure we get all the bugs worked out, then he’ll jump right on the resizer. In case you are interested, here is the current version of CongressLookup. Still not ready for general use but I’d say we’re 90% there: http://constructivegrowth.net/wordpress-plugins/congresslookup/congresslookup-demo/
hi trishahdee, are you still developing the plugin ?
Sorry for the delay. We have the CongressLookup plugin finished ( http://congresslookup.com ) and all I need to do is put it up on WP.org but I have tried for 5 days to get my developers account activated and no one is replying to me!!!! I know my coder was working on the text resizer. I’ll talk to him again and see where he is with it.
Thank you all for the comments, I have a new version I’m rewriting, should be updated soon. 🙂 It will fix all of these problems, and be easier to use!
Hello bradparbs, This is great news! My coder has been trying to make time for this project but he still has no time frame for tackling it. So if you can do this then that would be great! Let me know if we/I can help at all. BTW… I was finally able to publish our first plugin 😀 In case anyone is interested, you can find it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/congresslookup/
Update… I know bradparbs is working on fixing this plugin, but I forgot to tell my coder and he started working on developing a plugin for text resizing. As I was looking at the text resizing plugins that are already publishes, I came across Zoom ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoom-widget/ ). Have any of you tired this one? Does it do what you need? Are there things it does not do you would want it to? I just don’t want to spend time on something that is redundant.
for me this plugin have the flaw that cant be hardcoded into a theme. My theme doesnt support widgets
Yes, the version he is working on is based on shortcode. Okay, we will move ahead then… Thanks!
Updated the plugin to have a shortcode, as well as working on all themes.
Whoo hoo! Will check it out…
I installed it using the Plugin search and download and it won’t activate. I tried it on two different WP sites and got the same results. Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/mysite/public_html/mysite.com/site/wp-content/plugins/wptextresizecontrols/init.php on line 42
Fixed that, new version should be up in a few minutes, sorry!
Yes it did install this time 😀 But I’m having some problems with it… See this test page: http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ I have a Nivo slider on this page and all that is on the page is the following two shortcodes: [wpResize] [nivoslider slug="dorli-images"] Your resizer is wrapping around Nivo. When I remove Nivo, the resizer is by itself but when I click, nothing happens. Additionally, I have tried the shortcode in a text widget and the resizer does not display in the sidebar. You have it “float:right” which I think is why it is moving things around on the page.
I pushed an update to fix the div wrapping and float problems. I’m not 100% why the controls aren’t resizing, it looks like the javascript isnt being found, which means it may not installed correctly. I’d say try again with the update I just pushed, and hope for the best!
I reinstalled. You can see the results. Clicking buttons still doesn’t work. Text widget still doesn’t display. http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ I’m going to close down for the night. I’ll help you more tomorrow. And hey… Thanks so much for doing this! My coder and I have been working on ours but it’s not calling the js properly. Between the two of us, one of us will get this working!! lol
Pushed more changes to hopefully get the js working for you. it works on all my test sites and dev installs. And I’m glad to help, I love the community, and I’m glad you can find use from it!
Hi bradparbs, I installed your plugin, but when I click on the “A” symbols nothing at all happends. I tried also to disable my only plugin whic use javascript. I’m running wordpress 3.4.1
Just pushed an update that will hopefully fix it.
I just reinstalled the plugin using the wordpress repositories but nothing changed. Should I download it from another location ?
You shouldn’t have to. Do you have a link to your site I could look at?
I will made accessible my in-developement site just for few minutes, I hope you are fast enough to check it 😛 http://www.ilmioquotidiano.net
I’m going to look into the issue. I can’t seem to replicate it, it works on all my testing sites. 🙁
Your part way there… I just installed the newest version 1.4 and it is now working when placed in the body of a post: http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ Two things I think you should change: (1) When hovering over the “A”s the cursor does not change to a hand so it looks like there’s something wrong even though it’s working. (2) It is not working when put in the sidebar text widget. I suggest either giving it a widget or giving instructions on how to add shortcodes to sidebar (php widget and code) and templates.
Updated to have both of those features! 1.5 should be available momentarily.
Wow. That’s cool! Especially considering that having a sidebar widget and a post shortcode on the same page doesn’t interfere with each other! Now, two more tweaks at it will be prefect… (1) The CSS that controls the look is does a inline style. This needs to be moved to a css file so it can be easily overwritten so we can change the look easily. (2) If you go to my test page, http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ and reload the page to make sure you start fresh. Notice the size of the tagline in the header: “Courage and grace under fire: A tribute to Dorli Rainey”. Now,try the resizer up or down, then hit the resizer middle letter which should take the text back to normal size. You’ll see that the tagline is larger than before using the resizer. You are real close! Doing a good job 😀
hi bradparbs, for me the plugin still not work. At least however now the cursur changed to an hand instead of a text cursor. :/
trishahdee – both of those are planned for the next version, which might take a tiny bit longer than these updates did bitweb – what version of WordPress are you running?
3.4.1
3.4.1 The version of our textResizer that my coder and I were working on has a section in the Admin that allows you to choose which id’s or selectors you want the resizing applied to. This way if you don’t want the header to be resized it...
You need to put the wpTextResizeControls(0) or wpTextResizeControls(1) inside php brackets for it to show the controls. <?php wpTextResizeControls(0)?> However, I wanted mine in the header of the child theme I am developing and even though the controls were visible they did not work when clicked. I didn’t try it in any other locations.
not working for me too
I could not fix this plugin so what I did was hard-code the following into my header: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/fluidtextresizer.htm I used different images and tweaked it a bit to use only what I needed but it does work in WP 3.4.1. The only thing I don’t like is that on my theme the sidebar has smaller text then the content so the sidebar increases in size first then when it catches up the content then everything increases together. But it does work for me.
trishahdee, that seems a great job. Could you transform it in a wordpress plugin ? It would be great
I will try it soon
bitweb, my thoughts exactly! I’m new to creating plugins and I’d have to devote more time to learning plugin development better, but it looks like it should be pretty straightforward. But before I invest the time, would you and SITEWEB44 both try to install the DynamicDrive script on your sites and see if it also functions well for you? Whenever you add additional javascript to WP there can be conflicts so I’d like to do some due diligence before I spend the time.
ok, let’s do teamwork 😛
okey dokey. Either of you have PHP or WP development skills?
ok for me
I have some theme development skills, but I’m not an expert. What I said is that I can test everything for you. I already installed the script, but the only thing that gets bigger is your copyright ^^ here is a screen : http://www.bit-web.it/temp/ilmioquotidianoscreen.jpg
The copyright is showing because you missed some code. That wouldn’t show if you get all of it. Here is my test site I tried it on: http://trishah.com/wp-test_02/
you are right, just noticed a path was wrong. Now the only thing that changes slightly are the images in the header. The strange thing is, I already seen this behavior in all others plugins I used. I cant figure out why does like this.
adding a “targets: [“div#content”]” made it work! 🙂
Whoo hoo! Can you send me your tweaked code so I can see how you did this? trishah [at] trishah dot com
no tweak, only used the customization you suggested in your site, in the section targets: ["body"], //target elements to resize text within: ["selector1", "selector2", etc]
Gotcha. Well, then I guess the rest is up to me to figure out turning it into a plugin… I don’t think I can start on this today but hopefully soon.
hi trishahdee, are you still working on the project ? If you need to test something just let me know, salut
Hi bitweb, As a matter of fact, I did some work on it yesterday. In truth, I have a coder friend who is excellent in plugin development and we have decided to team up to create plugins 😀 We are finishing up one that will allow US citizens to find their Congressman contact information. When we are done with that, which should be shortly, we’ll do the the font resizer plugin. So it should be done soon… I’ll let you know when we need to beta test.
Hi I try to use the script : http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/fluidtextresizer.htm but it’s not working on my site, so i wait for the plugin Phil
SITEWEB44, When you say it isn’t working, can you explain exactly what you mean? Are you getting the buttons to show up but they are not changing the text size? Are the buttons not showing up? If the buttons do show up, are they in the header, on a sidebar? I did find that the buttons only change size below where they are located. On my test page http://trishah.com/wp-test_02/ I have the buttons below the text title/domain name (the text in the black bar at top) and that text does not change. If I put the buttons in the black bar then that text size does chance. So maybe try moving the buttons up on the page higher? Any information you can give us about the fail will help when we do the plugin.
Hi Trishahdee i don’t say it’s not working but i cound’t make it to work… i put the 1st code in the header and the second in sidebar “tpo of page” Phil PS sorry for my english, but i’m french
Not a problem Phil. I’m just trying to make sure I understand any problems so we can address them. If the buttons showed up but didn’t work then it may be that it was not picking up the div where the content actually resides. We’ll check to make sure that is not a problem with the plugin.
Hi all This morning i found a widget for text size http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoom-widget/ It’s works, and very simple to install Phil
personally I need a plugin wich have template shortcodes, because my developed theme doesn’t have widget support ( and also for me is better to use shortcodes than widgets). So, trishahdee, keep going 😛 By the way, how is the project going ? Any steps forward ?
My coder did look at the different js scripts and I’ll show him the zoom-widget also. He just did the initial research so far. We are working to get our CongressLookup plugin finished, we just have to make sure we get all the bugs worked out, then he’ll jump right on the resizer. In case you are interested, here is the current version of CongressLookup. Still not ready for general use but I’d say we’re 90% there: http://constructivegrowth.net/wordpress-plugins/congresslookup/congresslookup-demo/
hi trishahdee, are you still developing the plugin ?
Sorry for the delay. We have the CongressLookup plugin finished ( http://congresslookup.com ) and all I need to do is put it up on WP.org but I have tried for 5 days to get my developers account activated and no one is replying to me!!!! I know my coder was working on the text resizer. I’ll talk to him again and see where he is with it.
Thank you all for the comments, I have a new version I’m rewriting, should be updated soon. 🙂 It will fix all of these problems, and be easier to use!
Hello bradparbs, This is great news! My coder has been trying to make time for this project but he still has no time frame for tackling it. So if you can do this then that would be great! Let me know if we/I can help at all. BTW… I was finally able to publish our first plugin 😀 In case anyone is interested, you can find it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/congresslookup/
Update… I know bradparbs is working on fixing this plugin, but I forgot to tell my coder and he started working on developing a plugin for text resizing. As I was looking at the text resizing plugins that are already publishes, I came across Zoom ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoom-widget/ ). Have any of you tired this one? Does it do what you need? Are there things it does not do you would want it to? I just don’t want to spend time on something that is redundant.
for me this plugin have the flaw that cant be hardcoded into a theme. My theme doesnt support widgets
Yes, the version he is working on is based on shortcode. Okay, we will move ahead then… Thanks!
Updated the plugin to have a shortcode, as well as working on all themes.
Whoo hoo! Will check it out…
I installed it using the Plugin search and download and it won’t activate. I tried it on two different WP sites and got the same results. Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/mysite/public_html/mysite.com/site/wp-content/plugins/wptextresizecontrols/init.php on line 42
Fixed that, new version should be up in a few minutes, sorry!
Yes it did install this time 😀 But I’m having some problems with it… See this test page: http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ I have a Nivo slider on this page and all that is on the page is the following two shortcodes: [wpResize] [nivoslider slug="dorli-images"] Your resizer is wrapping around Nivo. When I remove Nivo, the resizer is by itself but when I click, nothing happens. Additionally, I have tried the shortcode in a text widget and the resizer does not display in the sidebar. You have it “float:right” which I think is why it is moving things around on the page.
I pushed an update to fix the div wrapping and float problems. I’m not 100% why the controls aren’t resizing, it looks like the javascript isnt being found, which means it may not installed correctly. I’d say try again with the update I just pushed, and hope for the best!
I reinstalled. You can see the results. Clicking buttons still doesn’t work. Text widget still doesn’t display. http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ I’m going to close down for the night. I’ll help you more tomorrow. And hey… Thanks so much for doing this! My coder and I have been working on ours but it’s not calling the js properly. Between the two of us, one of us will get this working!! lol
Pushed more changes to hopefully get the js working for you. it works on all my test sites and dev installs. And I’m glad to help, I love the community, and I’m glad you can find use from it!
Hi bradparbs, I installed your plugin, but when I click on the “A” symbols nothing at all happends. I tried also to disable my only plugin whic use javascript. I’m running wordpress 3.4.1
Just pushed an update that will hopefully fix it.
I just reinstalled the plugin using the wordpress repositories but nothing changed. Should I download it from another location ?
You shouldn’t have to. Do you have a link to your site I could look at?
I will made accessible my in-developement site just for few minutes, I hope you are fast enough to check it 😛 http://www.ilmioquotidiano.net
I’m going to look into the issue. I can’t seem to replicate it, it works on all my testing sites. 🙁
Your part way there… I just installed the newest version 1.4 and it is now working when placed in the body of a post: http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ Two things I think you should change: (1) When hovering over the “A”s the cursor does not change to a hand so it looks like there’s something wrong even though it’s working. (2) It is not working when put in the sidebar text widget. I suggest either giving it a widget or giving instructions on how to add shortcodes to sidebar (php widget and code) and templates.
Updated to have both of those features! 1.5 should be available momentarily.
Wow. That’s cool! Especially considering that having a sidebar widget and a post shortcode on the same page doesn’t interfere with each other! Now, two more tweaks at it will be prefect… (1) The CSS that controls the look is does a inline style. This needs to be moved to a css file so it can be easily overwritten so we can change the look easily. (2) If you go to my test page, http://screwusandwemultiply.net/test/ and reload the page to make sure you start fresh. Notice the size of the tagline in the header: “Courage and grace under fire: A tribute to Dorli Rainey”. Now,try the resizer up or down, then hit the resizer middle letter which should take the text back to normal size. You’ll see that the tagline is larger than before using the resizer. You are real close! Doing a good job 😀
hi bradparbs, for me the plugin still not work. At least however now the cursur changed to an hand instead of a text cursor. :/
trishahdee – both of those are planned for the next version, which might take a tiny bit longer than these updates did bitweb – what version of WordPress are you running?
3.4.1
3.4.1 The version of our textResizer that my coder and I were working on has a section in the Admin that allows you to choose which id’s or selectors you want the resizing applied to. This way if you don’t want the header to be resized it doesn’t. Maybe we can collaborate and bring the two together? My coder is MIA at the moment so I don’t know if he will have time to work on it with you, but I’d be willing to show you the code we have thus far. Contact me if you want to explore this: [ redacted, support is offered via the forums and not email ]
hi bradparbs, have you found out why the plugin is not working on my site? I have many plugins running, and all of the seem working, except yours. If you want I can make my website visible again, just tell me